Alternative Assessment 2B (Essay)

Alternative Assessment 2B (Essay)

Submission to Turnitin due by 11:59pm Tuesday 14th May 2024

General Instructions:

This assessment must be submitted to Turnitin by 11:59pm Tuesday 14th May 2024. Any essay submitted after this time will incur a penalty of 10% per day

Word limit: 2000 words (plus or minus 10%). This word limit does not include the list of references but does include internal referencing.

Weight: 40%

Referencing: American Psychological Association (APA7) style

Formatting: Use a standard font (eg Times, Times New Roman, Arial). Type size should be 12 point.

Document line spacing: 1 (i.e. 1.5) spacing.

You are required to draw on a minimum of 8 references in your essay, 4 of which must be from subject TEAC7032 readings. Remember this unit focuses on sociological enquiry. Ensure that your essay draws on the theories/concepts explored in this unit and not those from other units such as psychology for example.

Your essay must reach an appropriate standard of academic writing and reflect engagement with the content of the subject. Please note the Academic Standard Criterion (see page 15 of Learning Guide) is very important and includes correct APA7 style referencing. Not meeting this criterion may automatically result in a Fail grade.

Essay questions

Choose one of the three questions below on which to write your essay. You are required to choose one of the following topics on which to focus your answer.

Childhood, Class, Indigeneity, Gender, Sexuality, Ethnicity.

Please note that your essay must not draw on the topic on which you did your teaching seminar presentation. Essays will be cross-checked to ensure different topics to those undertaken in the teaching seminar are chosen. Failure to comply with this instruction will result in a mark of 0 for that essay.

CHECKLIST

Word count is limited to 2000 words (plus or minus 10%).

Academic Standard Criterion has been considered including the use of American Psychological Association (APA7) referencing conventions.

Format uses a standard font (eg Times, Times New Roman, Arial).

Type size is 12 point.

Document line spacing is 1 (i.e. 1.5) spacing.

I have written my tutors name on the front page of my essay.

I have indicated clearly on the front page of the essay the question to which I am responding.

I have ensured that my essay draws on the theories/concepts explored in this unit.

I have used a minimum of 8 references of which at least 4 are drawn from subject TEAC7032 readings.

I have provided a Reference List at the end of my essay, that is complete and formatted in line with APA referencing style.

I have spell-checked and re-read my essay carefully. I have read my essay aloud and re-worked any areas that are grammatically incorrect, sound awkward, or are illogical.

I have uploaded my essay into Turnitin to check for similarity before final submission. (You are advised to do this a week prior to submission and not to include the reference list when you submit your first draft to check for similarity. You are however required to include your reference list in your final submission to Turnitin).

These are resources and referneces to use I have selected question 1 and talking about sexuality

https://doi-org.ezproxy.uws.edu.au/10.1080/19361653.2013.825197https://doi.org/10.1080/01411920802688705https://doi-org.ezproxy.uws.edu.au/10.1080/00098655.2011.614290https://www.jstor.org/stable/41804391

https://books.google.com.au/books?hl=en&lr=&id=HApaDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA42&dq=Gender+and+sexuality+diversity.+policy+framings+and+the+construction+of+the+subject+&ots=9DclyxHZ_o&sig=PCWYsDkYi7UVvNcGeXsnq9-I08s#v=onepage&q=Gender%20and%20sexuality%20diversity.%20policy%20framings%20and%20the%20construction%20of%20the%20subject&f=false

Question 1 Sexuality

Although diversity is apparent in all educational settings, it is often undervalued, positioned as deficit or difficult, and rendered invisible (Mills & Keddie, 2012, as cited in Ferfolja et al., 2018). What does this statement mean and why is sexuality undervalued, positioned as deficit or difficult, and rendered invisible? how might this attitude to diversity (with specific reference to your chosen topic) contribute to inequities in the access and outcomes of marginalised students? Include in your explanation appropriate theoretical concepts that help us to understand these inequities. What do teachers and schools need to do to promote greater equity in this area?

Breakdown on the question

Discuss inequalities of students who are sexually diverse

How does this impact the students

Theoretical concepts ( such as feminist poststructuralist and Foucauldian theory)

How can teachers support students

Introduction

Sexuality refers to an individual's identity that entails sexual behavior, orientation and attraction. It is a topic that is often overlooked and disregarded by teachers in educational settings. This is due to controversy, lack of holistic educational initiatives, minimal educator training and the perception of child innocence. It is perceived that the term sexuality should only be perceived and discussed in the context of adulthood. As a result of this, students who label as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI) experience the inequities and consequences that arise from being sexually diverse. Furthermore, this essay will explore .

Individual's part of the LGBTQI community have the right to education and to be free of discrimination and harassment as part of the anti discrimination act 1977. However, students part of the diverse community are the vicctims of homophobic and transohobic harassment,

still experience discrimination through verbal abuse, physical abuse, social exclusion, educator bias and systemic rejection. A study conducted by